On Feb 19/09, the Australian Government formally opened an A$ 85 million Defence Materials Technology Centre (DMTC) in Bendigo, Victoria, aimed at researching futuristic materials for the Defence industry. The DMTC is the first center to be established under the...
Check 6(click to view full) BAE Systems announced a $45 million contract from General Dynamics Land Systems that will see them equip U.S. Army Stryker family wheeled APCs and and M1 Abrams family tanks with their "Check 6" infrared rear-view system. Deliveries are set...
Skystar 300(click to view larger) Mexico needs surveillance, and many of its key surveillance assets are coming from Israel. Its E-2C Hawkeye AWACS aircraft were bought used from the Israeli Air Force. A recent $25 million purchase from Elbit Systems added cheaper...
MB-2 pushes C-17(click to view full) TLD America Corp. in Windsor, CT won a $39.5 million fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract. Under this contract, US NAVAIR will buy between 5-200 Large Landbased Tow Tractors (LLTTs), which are used to...
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Rep. Gene Taylor Rep. Gene Taylor [D-MS-4] Chairs the US House Armed Services Committee's Seapower and Expeditionary Forces subcommittee. He has represented the 4th district for almost 20 years now, despite the fact that it hasn't voted for his party's presidential...
Cougar MRAP(click to view full) Guest Article by James Hasik The start of 2009 seems to be viewed with some ease by most military contractors. In the United States, Barack Obama has selected a so-called "centrist" team of top national security lieutenants largely from...
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M299 launcher(click to view full) The M299 missile launcher equips a number of helicopters, including the he AH-64D Apache Longbow, Britain's WAH-64 MK1 Apache helicopters, the USMC's new AH-1Z Viper (Cobra family) attack helicopter, Eurocopter's Tiger scout/attack...